D-Day: Horace Flack, Margaret Flack, and the USS Harding
For sailor Horace Flack, the war started before he was old enough to enlist. Flack wasn’t 18 years old yet …
Naval Forces
Book Review – French Cruisers: 1922-1956
Between the world wars, France built a series of beautiful but tragic warships. It may seem strange to call warships …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: Operation Burnt Frost
The recent situation in Northeast Asia has been extensively covered by Defense Media Network. Over the past several weeks, international …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: Evolution of the Standard Missile
It’s the Missile that Hits the Target
The U.S. Navy has a long and largely successful history of shipboard Aegis …
The Granville Raid
By the beginning of 1945, the German occupation of the British Channel Islands was well into its fifth year. The …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: Aegis Weapon System, Missiles, and Launchers
Previous posts have focused on missile defense writ large and on ballistic missile defense more specifically, especially, as in the …
Adm. Sir Max Horton and Western Approaches Command
Of all the battles fought in World War II, none was more critical than the Battle of the Atlantic. For …
National Security Cutters Demonstrate Capabilities
With the delivery of the planned eight national security cutters (NSCs) to the U.S. Coast Guard almost half complete, the …
Cancelled U.S. Aircraft Programs
Aviation is one of the most competitive industries in history. Competitive fly-offs – head-to-head battles like that of the recent …
The Civil War Ironclad Monitor’s Unknown Sailors Are Remembered and Honored at Arlington
While the guns of the USS Monitor went quiet 151 years ago, the final rifle volleys fired into the brisk …